The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-02

THk latest bulletin from the bedside of
that bis illness has been complicated by
IN attack Of pneumonia
A WAsHrxorox dispatch quotes Assist.
ant Postmaster-Ge Knott - sayins
that he = convinced that the Government
will establish = system Of postal tcle
graph within three years.
PRIScE HENRY. the second son OF the
Grown Prince Of Germany. will remain a
San RSmo al winter with his father. Tho
general health Of the Crown Prince il
good.
ARCHBISHOP FAME has issued q man.
dement, asking all Roman Catholics ~
Montreal 20 Offer prayers for the restora'
tion Of the Pope's temporal power, when
all evil will disappear.
The heading factory al veedersburg
Ind, was burned on the night Of the slst
Il belonged 70 Henry Alfrey, OF craw-
fordsville, who places his loss at $4,000,
ON which there was no insurance
A COAL miners strike, involving 50
men, with strong probability Of ex
tending 60 1000 more, on the line Of the
Shenango a Allegheny railroad in Penn
syIvania, has been inaugurated in the
shafts at Stoneboro, Grove City and the
Carver mines.
The Atheneum, = large brick block Al
Englewood, N. j.. was burned on the
morning Of the ed. A number Of stores
occupied the ground floor. and the loss OF
stock will amount to $4,000, with abou.
So 900 insurance. The loss on the build
ing d <60.on with $4,000 insurance.
Hx<RY Koch. aged fifty. an inmate OF
the Lancaster County pal prison, await
ing trial ON the charge Of obtaining
money on false pretense, committed sui
eide on the morning Of the ed BY hanging
himself.
JUDGE WALLACE, Of the United States
Circuit Court in New York. has decided
on appeal that l. H. Rogers. who was
bondsman for Signal Service Officer Henry
w. Howgnte, no absconded from WASH
ington in October. lsS5. with $i33. 400, must
make good the amount OF the bond
PRIScz BIsxARcK's organ notes the fact
that during the conference between the
Car and Prince Bismarck Russian and
complaints were compared with
ont a conclusion being arrived at.
GILBERT CARTER. aged seventy seven
years, his wife. an invalid about the same
age, and Mrs. John Pepper, housekeeper,
were asphy xiated in their sleeping-rooms
at Hudson. by gas from coal stove.
on the night ofthe 2lst. They were still
alive at last accounts, but uncon scious. aud
with only slight hopes Of their recovery.
A TERRIFIC explosion Of atlas powder
occurred in Hyde Park, Pa, on the I'D.
The contractor in charge Of the
Of the main sewer in that
part Of the city intrusted the thawing ont
81 the powder 10 some Hun garians and the
result was as stated. Two men were
seriously cut. Hundreds Of windows
were demolished and goods in several
stores We're ruined.
SECOND COMPTROLLER BUTLER has decid-
Cd that the sums not exceeding ten dollars
paid to certain colorei recruits in Viz
ginia and the Department OF the South BY
Butler and Gilmore. under orders
" the War Department. dated November
%, 1858, and December -. 1868. respective
~, We're not bountirs within the meaning
II the bounty laws. and are not 70 be de-
Quoted from the bounty 70 which any such
soldier Is otherwise entitled.
AT an excited meeting ~ the First Uni /
terian Society at Hartford. Conn, on the /
night OF the I'D. an attempt was made &c I
oust the pastor, Rev. j. G. Kimba'l, be-
cause Of his open avowal Of sympathy
with the Chicago Anarchists in recent
sermon. The attempt was a failure.
resolution asking the pastor to resign be-
ing defeated BY a majority Of eleven.
GOVERNOR BEAVER Of Pennsylvania has
appointed Joshua l. Bailey. Ex-Governor
Robert Pattison, David Scull. Colonel
chas. II. Banes and John wanamaker !
10 wait upon President Cleve-
next message 20 Congress suggestion
relative TO legislation looking TO the set
element Of international difficult ties BY ar
bitration.